Plugs:

Yussef's twitter - https://twitter.com/youmeyou

Bullet Points Monthly - https://bulletpointsmonthly.com/

Unwinnable - https://unwinnable.com/

 

notes:

Yussef's piece "Cuphead and the Racist Spectre of Fleischer Animation" - https://unwinnable.com/2017/11/10/cuphead-and-the-racist-spectre-of-fleischer-animation/

Yussef's piece "Fortnite's Appropriation Issue Isn't About Copyright Law, It's About Ethics" - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3bkgj/fortnite-fortnight-black-appropriation-dance-emote

Jacob Geller's video essay "Does Call of Duty Believe in Anything?" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtCV421T52s

Bullet Points' Back and Forth on Spiritfarer - https://bulletpointsmonthly.com/2020/09/09/back-and-forth-spiritfarer

Bullet Points' issue on Ghosts of Tsushima - https://bulletpointsmonthly.com/issue/ghost-of-tsushima

The Last Survey

Videogames in the age of climate collapse

Climate activism

Plugs:

Nicholas' twitter - https://twitter.com/__nkO

Personal website - http://doubleunderscore.net/

The Last Survey - https://m3m3x.itch.io/the-last-survey

 

 

Notes:

The Trolley - https://m3m3x.itch.io/the-trolley

Ingrid Burrington's work on the materiality of the Internet - http://lifewinning.com/tag/writes/

Babycastles - https://www.babycastles.com/

Gill Scott Heron's Whitey on the Moon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4

How Jay got started in games

Project management

Dropsy, marketing, Kickstarter

Adventure game design

Tecnosaudade games

Indie games communities

Collective organizing, making better spaces

Hypnospace Outlaw, whats next

Pitching and getting funding, publishing, business meetings, paperwork

 

plugas:

Jay's twitter - https://twitter.com/jaytholen

Hypnospace Outlaw - http://www.hypnospace.net/

An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1246250/An_Airport_for_Aliens_Currently_Run_by_Dogs/

 

notes:

Jaz Rignall's feature on the early days at Lucasarts - https://www.usgamer.net/articles/i-actually-was-hunting-ewoks-lucasfilm-games-the-early-years

Question's The Magic Circle - https://store.steampowered.com/app/323380/The_Magic_Circle/

Nathalie Lawhead's Everything is going to be OK - https://alienmelon.itch.io/everything-is-going-to-be-ok

Victoria Dominowski's Secret Little Haven - https://ristar.itch.io/secret-little-haven

Nina Freeman's Cibele - https://starmaidgames.itch.io/cibele

Nathalie Lawhead's Tetrageddon Games - https://alienmelon.itch.io/tetrageddon

Parroty Interactive's Microshaft Winblows 98 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microshaft_Winblows_98

Netcafe - https://archive.org/details/netcafe

topics:

tabletop games inspirations

how cara joined, going from journalist to developer

narrative design

humour in the game, silly jokes, himbos

bloodlines 2

representation in bloodlines 2

bloodlines 1 fan questions, lore & worldbuilding

troika, bloodlines 1 development

games journalism

 

plugs:

Cara Ellison's personal website

Brian Mitsoda's twitter

Dead State

 

Show notes:

Cara Ellison's Embed with Games

Kiereon Gillen's review of Bloodlines

Kieron Gillen's piece about Heather

Part 1 of Emily's series about Bloodlines on RE:BIND

Part 2 of Emily's series about Bloodlines on RE:BIND

Auto-generated transcript is available here

Plugs:

Aetheric Games' twitter - https://twitter.com/aethericgames

Nick's personal twitter - https://twitter.com/MrBehemo

Temple of Snek - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1208590/Temple_Of_Snek/

 

Show notes:

Bonbon - https://aethericgames.itch.io/bonbon

Emily's piece on Bonbon - https://www.rebind.io/the-year-of-the-rat-bonbon-4319/

Among the Sleep - https://store.steampowered.com/app/250620/Among_the_Sleep__Enhanced_Edition/

Lost in the Backrooms - https://jan-malitschek.itch.io/lost-in-the-backrooms

Emily's piece on Lost in the Backrooms - https://www.rebind.io/confrontation-of-the-substrate-jan-malitscheks-backrooms-2626/

Puppet Combo's games - https://puppetcombo.com/

She Dreams Elsewhere - https://lorenze.itch.io/she-dreams-elsewhere

Interactivity: The Interactive Experience - https://aethericgames.itch.io/interactivity-the-interactive-experience

Toni's twitter - https://twitter.com/duck_bubbles

Agony of a Dying MMO's itch page - https://toni-hughes.itch.io/agony-of-a-dying-mmo


PAGAN: Autogeny - https://oleandergarden.itch.io/pagan3

No Players Online - https://papercookies.itch.io/no-players-online

Dread Delusion - https://lovelyhellplace.itch.io/dread-delusion

Half Life mods: They Hunger, Afraid of Monsters

Plugs:

Konstantinos' twitter - https://twitter.com/gnomeslair

Konstantinos' website - https://game-cities.com

Konstantinos' book Virtual Cities - https://unbound.com/books/virtual-cities/

 

Show Notes:

Moshe Linke's games - https://www.moshelinke.de/

Palace of the Soviets - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Soviets

DUSTNET - http://scrnprnt.ca/DUSTNET.html

Project Xanadu - http://www.xanadu.net/

 

Jordan's personal twitter - https://twitter.com/Bad_Durandal

Just Add Monsters on Twitter - https://twitter.com/AddMonsters

Just Add Monsters on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC05y_wEbc-bAM5Fcb5GT3pQ

Just Add Monsters on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=33342365

 

 

notes:

Just Add Monsters' Video Essay on Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leN_o8Gh9ZI

Just Add Monsters' Video Essay on Control - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gbhrWcJT5w

Jack Saint's youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/LackingSaint

Patricia Taxxon's youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOjLfFE0TABS9bk05oH-kgw

The Ballad of the Metamorphosis of M. Dolly by David Su - https://usdivad.itch.io/the-ballad-of-the-metamorphosis-of-m-dolly

Maggie Mae Fish's Video Essay on Robocop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdy1ln1vmv0

Plugs:

Spencer's personal site - https://spncryn.tumblr.com/

Spencer's twitter - https://twitter.com/spncryn/

 

Show notes:

Nic Reuben's piece on Spencer's Hotline Miami mod - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-08-13-the-messy-story-behind-the-hotline-miami-mod-that-never-was

Sam White's profile on Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone - https://www.gq.com/story/stardew-valley-eric-barone-profile

Errant Signal's video on The Space Between - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GzzcepN2yE

The Legend of Bum-bo

The upsides of indie games community (easier to talk with devs, getting feedback)

game stores, importance of itch.io

James' career

importance of having interests beyond games

Videogames coverage, lack of indie and art angles

Parallels with Maker Community

Dev burnout

potential of VR for indie devs, art house games being a more accessible approach for non gamers

 

Plugs:

James' twitter: https://twitter.com/jamesid

The Legend of Bum-bo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148650/The_Legend_of_BumBo/

 

Notes:

Hackaday: https://hackaday.com/

Kusogrande: https://twitter.com/kusogrande

 

"Big Rock Candy Mountain" song by Harry Mac McClintock

"Blowing Down That Old Dusty Road" song by Woody Guthrie 

"Mules and Men" Book by Zora Neale Hurston

Rock Paper Shotgun's interview with Steve Gaynor about Warren Spector's One City Block RPG

 

Plugs:

Johnnemann's twitter

Where The Water Tastes Like Wine

Alpha Dominche "Steampunk" Brewing Machine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE001LO3sUE

World Barista Championship - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgAZe2hLd1s

Prognostifications - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmHSHDJz2No
 

Will's plugs:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/willsmith

Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod. - https://techpod.content.town/

Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project podcast- https://www.tested.com/still-untitled-the-adam-savage-project/

Foo VR - https://www.foovr.com/

Music courtesy of: Taylor Shechet

 

Plugs:

Phantom's twitter - https://twitter.com/radicalhelmet

Personal website - https://syslbnth.neocities.org/

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/radicalhelmet

 

Show notes:

Half-Life VR But the AI is Self Aware - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDUYLDtC5Qw

Limmy's Adventure Call - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-32RxlHiGU

wayneradiotv's AI Dungeon streams - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD6_lX-Ybjg

Tempest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4cMDpSuRjk

Comradery - https://www.comradery.co/

Show notes:

Jake Elliott's GDC Talk "Designing For Mystery In Kentucky Route Zero" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLYAxYGzhBw

Poem "In the Waiting Room" by Elizabeth Bishop - https://poets.org/poem/waiting-room

Haunted PS1 Demo Disc - https://hauntedps1.itch.io/demodisc2020

Nina Freeman's games - http://ninasays.so/games/

Nina's stream - https://twitch.tv/hentaiphd

Nina's twitter - https://twitter.com/hentaiphd

We Met in May -http://ninasays.so/may/

Show Notes

Novel: On the Beach by Nevil Shute

Game: First Winter by Dan Sanderson

Theatrical Play: Endgame by Samuel Beckett

Novel: Zone One by Colson Whitehead

Movie: Mad Max (1979)

Movie: The Day After (1983) (Post-Episode Recommendation: Threads (1984)  )

Game: The Occupation by White paper games

Article: Desiring Recognition, Accumulating Affect by Megan Watkins on The Affect Theory Reader 

TV Show: Frasier

Game: Death Crown by CO5MONAUT

Games: Orwell series by Osmotic

Games: Off-Peak, The Norwood Suite and Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1 by Cosmo D

Game: Marginalia by Connor Sherlock and Cameron Kunzelman

 

Plugs: 

Cameron's twitter

Matthew's twitter

Ranged Touch

Ranged Touch on Youtube

Game Studies Study Buddies

Emily's guest episode on BAD END - https://www.badendpodcast.com/episodes/the-decade-in-indie-ft-emily-rose

Piece on critical code analysis of Rimworld- https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/11/02/rimworld-code-analysis/

Errant Signal's video on Magic Circle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7eCIkcMUdA

The King of the Wood - https://allen.itch.io/the-king-of-the-wood

Medea's piece on Goose Game - https://www.rebind.io/ask-not-for-whom-the-goose-honks-3265/

AAA Collective - https://aaasoftwa.re/

Show notes:

Alpha cities ranking - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization_and_World_Cities_Research_Network#GaWC_city_classification

Terra

Game: Cat Quest - https://thegentlebros.com/catquest/

Game: Coffee Talk - http://coffeetalk.info/

Game: Terroir - https://store.steampowered.com/app/559910/Terroir/

Shane Yach's music - https://tipsheda.bandcamp.com/

Vinícius' twitter - https://twitter.com/_vrmachado

 

Plugs:

General Interactive's site - http://www.generalinteractive.co/

General Interactive's twitter - https://twitter.com/genintco

Chinatown Detective Agency's steam page - https://t.co/dc4YQ98Hiy

Fox Tor Games' site - https://www.foxtorgames.com

Fox Tor Games' twitter - https://twitter.com/foxtorgames

Ricardo Juchem's twitter - https://twitter.com/ricardojuchem

Plugs:

Jacob Geller's channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeTfBygNb1TahcNpZyELO8g

Jacob Geller's twitter https://twitter.com/yacobg42

Jacob Geller's list of his favorite video essays on youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX4DApdGFnsn8g72Oo1oyMuV3NIPVgR10

Notes:

Documentary Series "The Mayfair Set" by Adam Curtis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuqYbohCLFM

Tv Show "Barry"

Call Of Duty + Vice Documentary about PMCs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE17D8C6O4A

Jacob Geller's video essay "Does Call of Duty Believe in Anything?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtCV421T52s

Jacob Geller's video essay Control, Anatomy, and the Legacy of the Haunted House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mexs39y0Imw

Errant Signal's video essay "Blips 5: Kings, Robocops, and Clay "Comedy" Games" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lefmwWPdhrk

Folding Ideas' video essay "Annihilation and Decoding Metaphor" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URo66iLNEZw

Jacob Geller's videossay "An Uncanny Reality" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTYRWUVip-I

Jonathan Cooper's twitter thread about Naughty Dog work conditions https://twitter.com/GameAnim/status/1238199242256052224

Crowbcat's video essay "CSGO hysteria and forgotten TF2 design" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9RjDRLBWio

Crowbcat's video essay "ex-Bungie next to 343 Industries" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qfx9eoB-88

Cosmo D's games https://cosmod.net/

Game "Leechbowl" from the Haunted Cities collection by Kitty Horrorshow https://kittyhorrorshow.itch.io/haunted-cities

Noah Caldwell-Gervais channel https://www.youtube.com/user/broadcaststsatic

https://www.rebind.io/ask-not-for-whom-the-goose-honks-3265/
https://sidequest.zone/2019/12/09/if-were-going-to-talk-about-untitled-goose-game-then-by-god-lets-talk-about-untitled-goose-game/
https://graceinthemachine.com/2019/10/13/untitled-goose-game-and-the-inconvenient-natural-world/

You can find Sidequest and Melissa at:
https://twitter.com/MelissaBrinks
https://sidequest.zone/
https://twitter.com/sidequestzone
https://www.patreon.com/sidequestzone

https://www.critical-distance.com/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1221250/Norco_Faraway_Lights/

https://yutsi.itch.io/norcodemo

https://twitter.com/roboticgeo

https://twitter.com/DaveOshry

https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/NewBlood/list/32813

https://twitter.com/ellaguro

RE:BIND is joined by award winning IGF Audio Designer Chris I Brown who did work on Paratopic and Roman Sands (Content Warning: Detailed Discussions of Mental Health, Detailed Mentions of Alec Holowka's passing, Crunch, Depression, Over-working) (DISCLOSURE: Emily Rose and RE:BIND's Chief Editor both were involved in the production of Roman Sands and have worked alongside Chris in the past.)

Jack's twitter - https://twitter.com/jackofhart

Personal website - https://www.psybearpunk.com/

Itch page - https://psybearpunk.itch.io/

 

Topics:

Games Academia

Making games as an academic

Funding

Cooperatives and other alternative models

https://www.rebind.io/a-spooky-sneak-peek-of-the-haunted-ps1-demo-disk-4082/

Content Outline

Release Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_8_TkVorMU

Launch Tweet:
https://twitter.com/HauntedPs1/status/1225479436008665088

Itch.io Page:
https://hauntedps1.itch.io/demodisc2020

Press:
https://www.pcgamer.com/haunted-ps1-demo-disc-is-a-free-anthology-of-ominous-oddities-out-now/

Intro/Outro courtesy of Shane Yach:
https://tipsheda.bandcamp.com/track/pixelated-coffee

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-02-07-the-haunted-ps1-demo-disc-gathers-up-17-low-poly-indie-horror-treats

 

Errant Signal is @campster on twitter, and his youtube channel can be found at https://www.youtube.com/user/Campster/

Thanks to all our supporters!

Enhanced Show notes thanks to our wonderful Patron, Eli Berg-Maas! Thank you!

1. Rag Doll Kung Fu
   1. First non-Valve videogame on Steam
   2. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1002/Rag_Doll_Kung_Fu/
2. Zeno Clash
   1. Early non-Valve videogame on Steam
   2. https://store.steampowered.com/app/22200/Zeno_Clash/
3. Introversion
   1. Early indie studio
   2. https://www.introversion.co.uk/introversion/
4. Jeff “Last of the Bedroom Programmer” Minter
   1. http://minotaurproject.co.uk/frontpage.php
5. My Friend Pedro (the original flash game)
   1. https://www.crazygames.com/game/my-friend-pedro
6. Early B.F. Skinner work on Operant Conditioning
   1. http://s-f-walker.org.uk/pubsebooks/pdfs/The%20Behavior%20of%20Organisms%20-%20BF%20Skinner.pdf
   2. https://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Skinner/Pigeon/
   3. There was a more recent paper on MMO or F2P design that included photos of rats in skinner boxes in its discussion of designing for player engagement, but for the life of me I can’t find it.
7. Liz Ryerson on content creators using fringe games as a content mill
   1. https://twitter.com/ellaguro/status/1200574028626452481
8. Errant Signal Blips 5 (includes Dujanah)
   1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lefmwWPdhrk
9. Sales boosts from Blips episodes
   1. There is supposed to be a thread where @Campster, @melessthanthree, @chrstphfr, and @QuestForTori discuss sales impact of the various Errant Signal essays on their games, but I have not been able to find it.
   2. https://twitter.com/king_spooner/status/1223693126021406722
10. Campster’s process for finding games to cover
    1. Steam microtrailers twitter account
       1. https://twitter.com/microtrailers
    2. Itch games sorted by most recent
       1. https://itch.io/games/newest
11. No Cartridge 
    1. indie game coverage website mentioned for its community building
    2. https://www.no-cartridge.net/
12. Campster asking about how to do better indie game coverage
    1. https://twitter.com/Campster/status/1087949889982685184
13. Mainstream games journalism
    1. Mario Wedding Cake
       1. https://kotaku.com/a-mario-wedding-cake-from-the-best-bride-ever-5437031
    2. Tim Roger’s Death Stranding review
       1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZHUY-nVXKU
14. Discussion of previous Errant Signal videos
    1. Secret Little Haven
       1. Game - https://ristar.itch.io/secret-little-haven
       2. Essay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzHFRfOVOuQ
    2. The Space Between
       1. Game - https://chrstphfr.itch.io/the-space-between
       2. Errant Signal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GzzcepN2yE
    3. The Magic Circle
       1. Game - http://www.magiccirclegame.com/
       2. Errant Signal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7eCIkcMUdA
    4. Glitchhikers
       1. Game - http://glitchhikers.com/
       2. Errant Signal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMqfFWQgzZY
    5. The Beginner’s Guide
       1. Game - https://store.steampowered.com/app/303210/The_Beginners_Guide/
       2. Errant Signal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAbh28j11RQ
    6. Stanley Parable
       1. Game - https://store.steampowered.com/app/221910/The_Stanley_Parable/
       2. Errant Signal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiCLKmEAa1I
    7. Only If
       1. Game - https://store.steampowered.com/app/298260/Only_If/
       2. Errant Signal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_K2kZfytbc

Support RE:BIND:

Follow us on twitter - https://twitter.com/rebind_io

Consider pledging on our patreon - https://www.patreon.com/rebind

 

James' twitter - https://twitter.com/ViewtifulJames

Rude Ghost's twitter - https://twitter.com/rudeghostgames

Pixel Puzzle Makeout League - https://picross.love/site.html

Thief Town - https://store.steampowered.com/app/331220/Thief_Town/

Live Action Trailer for Thief Town - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkuvOtFIjGA

360 Trailer for Defragmented - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG7KJ_dFQvM

Killer Queen Black - http://www.killerqueenblack.com/

Dialtown - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1035990/Dialtown_Phone_Dating_Sim/

Heart of the Woods - https://vnstudioelan.itch.io/heart-of-the-woods

Meme crafting

Anatomy of internet humor

Youtube poops

Copyright, lawsuits and how it damages internet subcultures

Impermanence of Internet art, lack of preservation

Influencers, Personality driven content

Rust

Stalker, cheeki breeki memes

Boomer Shooters

 

Plugs:

Fabino's twitter - https://twitter.com/kinofabino

 

Show notes:

Neil Cicierga - http://www.neilcic.com/

Secret Little Haven - https://ristar.itch.io/secret-little-haven

Cibele - https://starmaidgames.itch.io/cibele

The Magic Circle - http://www.magiccirclegame.com/

Welyn's channel  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg4XK-l40KZD7fLi12pJ1YA

E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy -  https://store.steampowered.com/app/91700/EYE_Divine_Cybermancy/

Notes:

Coffee Talk

How Toge Productions operates

How is it like to be a games developer in Indonesia

Indonesia's games culture

 

Plugs:

Toge's website - https://www.togeproductions.com/

AJ's twitter - https://twitter.com/ndrujeremy

Dio's twitter - https://twitter.com/i_am_dio

Coffee Talk's twiter - https://twitter.com/coffeetalk_game

 

Show notes:

Mojiken's A Space for the Unbound - https://mojiken.itch.io/asftu-prologue

Mojiken's Divination - https://mojiken.itch.io/divination

plugs:

D-Cell Games' twitter - https://twitter.com/dcellgames

Unbeatable's website - http://unbeatablegame.com

 

Jeff's twitter - https://twitter.com/comet_melting

Jeff's website - http://meltingcomet.com

 

Rachel's twitter - https://twitter.com/rachelklake

Rachel's website - http://maybegirl.com

 

RJ's twitter - https://twitter.com/spellbang

RJ's music - https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/

 

Andrew's twitter - https://twitter.com/PixelHavokk

 

Vasily's twitter - https://twitter.com/VastonikMusic

TJ's twitter - https://twitter.com/respinmusic

Peak Divide's website - http://peakdivide.com

Marble Hornets

How the production evolved across the seasons

Picking loctions, doing stunts, practical effects

Found Footage format

Represenation of mental health in Horror

Writing, developing a story as you go along

ToTheArk videos

Marble Hornets' fandom and projects inspired by it

special effects, camera work, sound design

The Endless (2017) by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead

TribeTwelve - https://www.youtube.com/user/TribeTwelve

EverymanHYBRID - https://www.youtube.com/user/EverymanHYBRID

Tim's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/flamingbuttwind

Tim's Twitter: https://twitter.com/flamingbuttwind

 

Ewan's piece about Control's Cold War influences

 

Just Add Monsters' video essay "Another Day At The Office: Kafka, Sartre, and Control's Workplace Nightmare"

 

TV Series "Counterpart (2017)"

 

J. G. Ballard's Highrise

 

Ewan's piece on Mundaun

 

In the Pause between the Ringing by Studio Oleomingus